It’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
JESSE JACKSONIt’s not enough to be quiet. Quietness is the absence of noise. We need peace, the presence of justice and to be – and so people here can coexist and live together.
JESSE JACKSONBoth tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSONThe invasion only made matters worse. The occupation will not work, Iraq is unoccupiable, that will not work.
JESSE JACKSONOur flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow — red, yellow, brown, black and white — and we’re all precious in God’s sight.
JESSE JACKSONIf my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.
JESSE JACKSONYou cannot teach what you don’t know. You cannot give energy if you’re not on fire on the inside.
JESSE JACKSONIf you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.
JESSE JACKSONI say America: Stay out of the Bushes.
JESSE JACKSONYour children need your presence more than your presents.
JESSE JACKSONNo one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
JESSE JACKSONFrom seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.
JESSE JACKSONDeliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.
JESSE JACKSONTears will get you sympathy, sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSONWe were fundamentally the same. They expressed their anger more willingly. We developed the capacity to internalize our anger, using a nonviolent discipline.
JESSE JACKSONPeople like to say don’t abort, adopt. But I’m saying don’t strip, scholarship.
JESSE JACKSONBoth tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.
JESSE JACKSON